by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
In the run up to the G8 summit in Japan, presidents of nine Catholic Bishops’ Conferences have called on G8 nations to honour their commitments to reduce global poverty and tackle climate change. In a letter to the G8 leaders, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
At first I thought it was just my imagination. Every day it seemed William and Harry were on the TV, firing guns or flying helicopters. The press releases from the Prince of Wales’ media office however, confirmed my observations as true. Prince William is now in the...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
A Christian peace activist who spent 188 days as a hostage in Iraq has been jailed, assaulted and forcibly deported from Israel. Harmeet Sooden, a peace activist from New Zealand, was deported yesterday after four days imprisonment, having been told he was a...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 18, 2008
News that Britain may have become the world’s largest arms exporter last year has been met by a warning from campaigners that the majority are still being sent to oppressive regimes. According to government figures released on Tuesday, the UK has overtaken the...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 18, 2008
Targeted aid is getting good results in Africa, but the G8 are falling further behind on meeting their commitments, a new report from the organisation set up by U2 frontman Bono, has said. Drawing the ire of Bob Geldoff, who branded the G8 “a contemptuous...
